It has been used for hundreds of years to explain things that are small (as well as collection of neutrons, electrons and protons). The name that the Silverthorn collection of Intel processors will hold is Atom. Menlow will also get a name change following the shrinking of the core down to 45nm (see the Apple Air) to Centrino Atom. Now all we are waiting for is the collection of fast and low powered MID’s and UMPC with Atom’s Inside (TM Intel).

For more info, click over to Engadget.

IBM have announced the shrinking of the Cell fabrication. The new size, which seems to be the hip size for processors, is 45nm. The size will add a lot of advantages to the processor, which include power savings, cost savings, heat savings and physical size savings. All these savings should hopefully spill into savings for us poor consumers.
IBM have said that the new 45nm processors will use up to 40% less power, and its die area will be reduced by 34 percent. This is all possible because of the next-generation 45nm high-k process (whatever that means).
All this information makes the little OLED (my brain is energy conscious) in my brain flash. If the die size is so much smaller, and doesn’t require as much cooling, could the PSP become a Cell powerhouse? I just hope that it makes its way into the PS3 Slim, which everybody knows is going to happen sooner or later.

For more cell info, click over to Ars Technica.